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SB 449

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Relating to: licenses to teach vocational education subjects. (FE)

School — Curriculum School — Discipline and student rights Teacher — Certificate

  1. Introduced, completed
  2. Passes Senate, completed
  3. Passes Assembly, completed
  4. Governor signs, completed
  5. Law, completed

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill expands the experience-based method to obtain a license to teach a

technical education subject, created in

2015 Wisconsin Act 55

, to include licenses to

teach vocational education subjects. Under the bill, vocational education subjects

include agriculture, child services, clothing services, food services, housing and

equipment services, family and consumer education, family and consumer services,

home economics-related occupations, health care-related occupations, business

education, and marketing education. This bill does not affect other processes by

which an individual may obtain a license to teach a vocational education subject

under current law.

What it would cost

Fiscal estimates filed by state agencies, as official PDFs

Sponsors

Introduced by: Darling (R) , Gudex (R) , Kapenga (R) , Stroebel (R) , Vukmir (R)

11 cosponsors

A. Ott (R) , Horlacher (R) , Hutton (R) , Knodl (R) , Kremer (R) , Kuglitsch (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Sanfelippo (R) , Skowronski (R) , T. Larson (R) , Weatherston (R)

Votes

Senate: Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Commerce, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 21, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Commerce, Ayes 3, Noes 2

Passed 3–2 Jan 21, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Senate Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 9, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Senate: Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 13

Passed 19–13 Feb 9, 2016 official source full page

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 63, Noes 35

Passed 63–35 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

Aye · 63

Not voting · 1

Assembly: Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

Passed 63–35 Feb 16, 2016 official source full page

No individual roll call was recorded for this vote. Committee votes and some older sessions record totals only.

Full history

  1. Dec 11, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Darling, Kapenga, Stroebel, L. Taylor, Vukmir and Gudex; cosponsored by Representatives Knodl, Horlacher, Hutton, Kremer, Kuglitsch, T. Larson, A. Ott, Rodriguez, Sanfelippo, Skowronski and Weatherston

  2. Dec 11, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Economic Development and Commerce

  3. Jan 6, 2016 · Senate

    Fiscal estimate received

  4. Jan 11, 2016 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  5. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 1 offered by Senator Lassa

  6. Jan 15, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 offered by Senator Darling

  7. Jan 19, 2016 · Senate

    Executive action taken

  8. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Report adoption of Senate Amendment 2 recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Commerce, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  9. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Report passage as amended recommended by Committee on Economic Development and Commerce, Ayes 3, Noes 2

  10. Jan 21, 2016 · Senate

    Available for scheduling

  11. Feb 8, 2016 · Senate

    Placed on calendar 2-9-2016 pursuant to Senate Rule 18(1)

  12. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 offered by Senators Lassa, Hansen, Carpenter, L. Taylor, C. Larson, Ringhand, Bewley, Vinehout, Miller, Erpenbach and Risser

  13. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senator L. Taylor withdrawn as a coauthor

  14. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a second time

  15. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 2 adopted

  16. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Senate Amendment 3 laid on table, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  17. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered to a third reading

  18. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Rules suspended

  19. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Read a third time and passed, Ayes 19, Noes 13

  20. Feb 9, 2016 · Senate

    Ordered immediately messaged

  21. Feb 9, 2016 · Assembly

    Received from Senate

  22. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Read first time and referred to committee on Rules

  23. Feb 11, 2016 · Assembly

    Placed on calendar 2-16-2016 by Committee on Rules

  24. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended to withdraw from calendar and take up

  25. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a second time

  26. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 offered by Representatives Barca and Pope

  27. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Assembly Amendment 1 laid on table, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  28. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered to a third reading

  29. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Rules suspended

  30. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Read a third time and concurred in, Ayes 63, Noes 35

  31. Feb 16, 2016 · Assembly

    Ordered immediately messaged

  32. Feb 17, 2016 · Senate

    Received from Assembly concurred in

  33. Feb 25, 2016 · Senate

    Report correctly enrolled

  34. Feb 26, 2016 · Senate

    LRB correction (Senate Amendment 2)

  35. Mar 7, 2016 · Senate

    Presented to the Governor on 3-7-2016

  36. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Report approved by the Governor on 3-8-2016. 2015 Wisconsin Act 259

  37. Mar 8, 2016 · Senate

    Published 3-9-2016